Sorex rohweri
R. L. Rausch, Feagin, & V. R. Rausch, 2007
Olympic Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Soricini |
| Genus | : Sorex |
| Subgenus | : Otisorex |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Rausch, R.L., Feagin, J.E. and Rausch, V.R. 2007-03. _Sorex rohweri_ sp. nov. (Mammalia, Soricidae) from northwestern North America. Mammalian Biology 72(2):93-105.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.007Original name as described
Sorex rohweri
Other common names
Rohwer's Shrew
Type material
BMNHC 39812
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, near Quilcene, Penny Creek, at lat. 47°51' N, long. 122°57'W."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Canada · United States
Subregion distribution
USA(WA,OR)
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Rausch, R. L., Feagin, J. E., & Rausch, V. R. (2007). Sorex rohweri sp. nov.(Mammalia, Soricidae) from northwestern North America. Mammalian Biology, 72(2), 93-105.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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